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I caught this spider in my garage. I’m worried it’s dangerous. Can you tell what kind it is?
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- Submitted: Oct 16, 2021
- Photographed: Oct 16, 2021
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Garage or shed
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
I have more pictures of it but it only let me post one. It’s really aggressive. I have encountered wolf spiders before but they have never been aggressive like this one.
Can you post a photo of its dorsum (top)?
Although the angle makes this spider hard to identify, it looks like a Hogna wolf spider. Wolf spiders get bad press a lot, but they are generally harmless to humans.
I thought it was a wolf spider but I’ve never encountered one that acted so aggressive like this one. The underbelly including where the legs attached was very dark/black which I haven’t seen before. We have a lot of wolf spiders here. You will find several if you just walk in the yard looking at anytime. I don’t bother them and when they venture into the garage I catch them and send them back out on there way but this one was definitely different acting then all the others. That’s why I questioned what it was. I don’t know all… Read more »
Sorry I posted another photo but I don’t have a picture of the top of it.
it is a wolf spider, hogna lenta or Miami male